the polls closed here in california -- close here in california in about 2 hours. >> plenty of time to vote. julia is at a polling place in san leandro tonight. >> reporter: hi. a lot of people are getting off work and they are casting their votes. here this one polling site. we talked to a lot of voters. some people had an easy experience finding their polling location and others said it was a challenge. on this sunny election day, gary fletcher of pleasant ton and his wife took their dogs for a walk and headed out to their local polling site to vote. so what drew you to the polls in terms of the local races? >> we always vote, number one. the mayor's race is up. we have two council seats up and all the propositions -- trying to vote. >> my wife and i are going to try to vote and i don't know if it is going to work. >> reporter: jose vargas of oakland had a different voting experience. his usual polling site wasn't open and he and his wife spent all day finding out where to vote. they finally ended up at the alameda county registrar's office. >> in order for them to do what we have to